Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

(pēˊan)

Noun.

[L.

paean

, Gr.

παιάν

, fr.

Παιάν

the physician of the gods, later, Apollo. Cf.

[Written also

pean

An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph, joy, or praise.

Dryden.

“Public pæans of congratulation.”

De Quincey.

See